Maybe one of the vital heartbreaking verses on Midnights is just not a breakup tune, however a tune about Taylor’s personal self-reflection and trauma. Within the crushing “You are On Your Personal, Child” bridge, Taylor sings, “From sprinkler splashes to hearth ashes / I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this / I hosted events and starved my physique / Like I might be saved by an ideal kiss.”
In “Maroon,” she sang, “And I wake along with your reminiscence over me / That is an actual fuckin’ legacy to depart.” And in “Karma,” the 11-time Grammy winner sings, “Ask me why so many fade however I am nonetheless right here.”
I am undecided we have witnessed her sing about her personal mythology in such contrasted, poignant methods.